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LAMINE GUEYE (1891 - 1968)
Lamine Gueye was born in the French Sudan (Mali) in a Senegalese family originating from Saint-Louis ; he studied law in France during WWI, thus becoming the first black lawyer in French Africa.
Back in Senegal in 1922, he militated in favour of Blaise Diagne ; he was the mayor of Dakar in 1925 and 1926. In 1928 he stood for the legislative elections, was defeated by Blaise Diagne then left Senegal to hold a post as a magistrate in the Reunion island in 1931.
After Blaise Diagne's death in 1934, Lamine Gueye stood again for the legislative elections but was defeated by Galandou Diouf.
In 1935 he reorganized the Socialist Party in the hope of attracting the young Senegalese elite (the PS was at a time the first modern political party in French-speaking Africa).In 1940 France was defeated : it put an end to the political life in Senegal. In 1946, the S.F.I.O. (French section of the Workers' International) supported both Lamine Gueye and his friend Léopold Sedar Senghor, thus enabling them to achieve a majority and represent the urban communities. Lamine Gueye was elected mayor of Dakar in the course of the same year.

 
In 1948 Lamine Gueye and Léopold Sedar Senghor broke off.
In 1958 the PS and the BPS (Bloc Populaire Sénégalais) merged and formed the UPS (Union Progressiste Sénégalaise).
Lamine Gueye and Léopold Sedar Senghor then united to reinforce their opposition to the other African leaders who favoured autonomy for each of the territories in Africa rather than a federative structure.
Lamine Gueye maintained an intensive political activity within the ruling party and became President of the National Assembly ; he was in office until he died in 1968.